91: Chapter 91 Earth Escape Technique

The auction house was, after all, the territory of the Nangong Family.

Therefore, Nangong Xing quickly figured out that it was the two personal bodyguards that Young Master Yan Dongcheng had brought with him who had crippled him.

"How is this possible?"

Nangong Xing felt it was completely unbelievable.

For families like theirs, any bodyguards used to protect direct descendants were basically raised within the Family from a young age.

Only by ensuring their absolute loyalty would they be sent to protect the direct descendants of the Family.

If they really needed to hire bodyguards from the outside, they would investigate the other party's ancestors for three generations to clearly confirm their loyalty before they could be used to protect the direct descendants.

Yet, those two bodyguards of Young Master Yan Dongcheng had been raised by the Yan Family since childhood.

How could they suddenly turn traitor and cripple Young Master Yan Dongcheng?

Thinking of this, he immediately instructed the physician to help Young Master Yan Dongcheng regain consciousness as soon as possible.

Through the physician's efforts, Young Master Yan Dongcheng woke up from his coma.

"Young Master Yan, we investigated and found that it was your two bodyguards who attacked you. Was it them?" Nangong Xing asked, looking at Young Master Yan Dongcheng.

"Yes, it was those two dogs!" Young Master Yan Dongcheng gritted his teeth and said, "Quick, catch them! I want to tear them into ten thousand pieces!"

"Rest assured, Young Master Yan, I have already sent people to apprehend them, and I believe there will be results very soon. As for you, Young Master Yan, the most important thing right now is to recover from your injuries!"

On the other side, Chen Hu walked towards the city gate unhurriedly.

Upon discovering that the Nangong Family's Martial Artists seemed to be searching for someone, he knew that the two bodyguards had likely succeeded and severely wounded Young Master Yan Dongcheng.

As for why he didn't order the direct killing of Young Master Yan Dongcheng? There were two reasons. Killing Young Master Yan Dongcheng directly would be letting him off too easily.

Secondly, if Young Master Yan Dongcheng died in the auction house, it would likely cause great trouble for the Nangong Family.

He had no feud with the Nangong Family, and he could even consider himself a friend of Nangong Hongyan. Naturally, he could not harm the Nangong Family.

Returning to the Fierce Tiger Gang General Hall, Chen Hu first upgraded the top-grade mortal longsword.

Sure enough, the top-grade mortal weapon directly advanced into a Low Grade Divine Weapon.

After tossing it into the sword nourishing gourd, Chen Hu took out that thick Ten Thousand Medicinal Herbs Illustrated Guide and began to flip through it.

On the other side, at the Zhenwu Division, Luo Ningshuang returned and first sent someone to investigate Chen Hu before beginning her daily Cultivation.

After practicing for a while, she discovered that Commander Lu Luyang had arrived.

Knowing that Commander Lu Luyang would not come to find her without a reason, she stopped practicing sword and asked, "What is it?"

Commander Lu Luyang said, "Reporting to you, My Lady, a major event occurred not long ago at the Nangong Family's auction. Those two personal bodyguards of Young Master Yan Dongcheng betrayed him and crippled Young Master Yan Dongcheng!"

"Personal bodyguards betrayed him and crippled Young Master Yan Dongcheng?"

Luo Ningshuang said with some astonishment, "Are you sure, and not just rumors?"

As far as she knew, Young Master Yan Dongcheng was a direct descendant of the Yan Family in Lingzhou City.

The Yan Family could not be considered a top-tier Family in Lingzhou City, but they were at least a Marrow Refining Family.

It was not the kind that had recently risen to power, but one with a Legacy of nearly 200 years.

Such a Family had its own methods for training people. Those selected to be personal bodyguards for direct descendants were the trustworthy kind. How could they suddenly turn traitor? And both of them betrayed him together at that.

Commander Lu Luyang said with some schadenfreude, "At first, I also found it hard to believe, but after sending people to confirm it repeatedly, it is a fact. Currently, the Nangong Family is sending people to search everywhere for the whereabouts of those two bodyguards. By the way, the Nangong Family also sent ten thousand taels of silver, hoping that our Zhenwu Division could dispatch personnel to help capture those two bodyguards. My Lady, what do you think, should we take this job?"

"Take it, of course we must take it!" Hearing about ten thousand taels of silver, Luo Ningshuang's eyes lit up. She was too poor; she really lacked silver.

Suddenly, she thought of something: "Did the Nangong Family say whether this ten thousand taels is a reward for catching the people, or...?"

Commander Lu Luyang said, "Regardless of whether we catch the people or not, this ten thousand taels will not be taken back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Commander Lu Luyang took out a stack of silver banknotes from his bosom and presented them.

Luo Ningshuang took the silver banknotes, then took out half and handed it to Commander Lu Luyang: "You take people to search and capture them. Take this silver as your hard-earned money!"

"Thank you, My Lady!" Commander Lu Luyang reached out to take the silver banknotes and then turned to leave, not noticing the look of heartache that flashed across Luo Ningshuang's face.

Half an hour later, a Squad Leader came to request an audience. Luo Ningshuang summoned him in.

"My Lady, this is the intelligence you requested!" The Squad Leader respectfully presented an intelligence booklet.

"Mm, you may go," Luo Ningshuang said after accepting the booklet.

"Yes, this subordinate takes his leave!"

After the other party left, Luo Ningshuang opened the booklet and began to read it carefully.

When she saw that Chen Hu had already been promoted from Hall Master to Vice Gang Leader, she pursed her lips and said, "This guy sure promoted quickly."

When she saw in the intelligence that Chen Hu had gotten to know Nangong Hongyan of the Nangong Family, as well as her subordinate Squad Leader Sun Lingyue, and the merchant's daughter Mu Mingzhu, she couldn't help but whisper, "This guy sure has a lot of luck with women!"

At the same time, she also understood why Chen Hu could produce three thousand five hundred taels of silver; it was because he had helped solve Mu Mingzhu's trouble, and Mu Mingzhu had given him quite a lot of silver.

However, after seeing that Chen Hu had adopted hundreds of children, she felt quite favorably towards him.

Tossing the booklet aside, she continued her Cultivation; her cultivation was about to reach the Perfection of the Bone Refining Realm.

However, the Third-Rank exotic beast meat she had obtained some time ago had been completely consumed. Without the exotic beast meat, her speed of Cultivation slowed down, and she inevitably felt a bit unaccustomed to it.

Especially when thinking of the Spirit Accumulation Fruit that appeared at today's auction, she developed a strong craving for silver.

Time flew by until evening. Chen Hu returned to his new home, finished dinner, and came to the study in the middle courtyard.

With a flip of his palm, a golden Medicinal Pill appeared in his palm. This Medicinal Pill was a talent pill, opened from the grand gift package. A total of two were opened. Along with it, there was also one divine ability pill.

After swallowing the Medicinal Pill, as the medicinal power took effect, waves of sharp pain came from within his body. However, Chen Hu could still endure it; he gritted his teeth and silently suffered through it.

Finally, after a quarter of an hour, the pain vanished. Chen Hu brought up the System interface to take a look; his talent was still Earth-grade High Stage. It seemed one talent pill was not enough to allow his talent to advance to the Heaven Grade.

Thus, he decisively consumed the second one. The familiar sensation of pain arrived once again. Half a quarter of an hour later, the medicinal effect vanished, and Chen Hu brought up the System interface to check again.

Seeing that his talent had already reached the Heaven Grade Low Stage, a bright smile could not help but appear on his face. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he took out the third Medicinal Pill and consumed it.

This Medicinal Pill was called a divine ability pill; after consuming it, one could be born with a Divine Ability. The medicinal power of the divine ability pill was relatively gentle and would not cause any pain.

But gradually, Chen Hu felt his eyelids fighting each other. Although he tried hard to stay awake, he eventually slumped over on the desk and fell asleep.

He did not know how much time had passed. Chen Hu slowly woke up. After waking up, he sensed that he had gained an extra ability. This ability was called Earth Escape.

With a thought, he activated this ability. Then he discovered that he seemed to have merged into one with the earth beneath his feet.

Following that, his figure sank directly into the underground, yet he did not feel any stifling sensation. He tried walking and running underground, and his speed was even faster than on the surface.

Subsequently, he also discovered that he could borrow the energy of the earth. Under the augmentation of the earth's energy, his speed reached a terrifying level. He could actually escape a thousand meters in one second.

"It is worthy of being a Divine Ability; it is too amazing!" Chen Hu returned to the floor of the study and couldn't help but mutter to himself.